Gutter mounting



Dec. 24, 1963 F. R. CHAPMAN 3,115,324

GUTTER MouNTlNG Filed oct.. 9, 1961 hull l I mum 11M/ENTER c! m :T2 FRANK R. CHAPMAN "IBY AT-r nuNEY United States Patent O 3,115,324 GUTTER MUNTING Frank R. Chapman, 9179 E. Washington St., Indianapolis 19, Ind. Filed Oct. 9, 1961, Ser. No. 143,738 3 Claims. (Cl. 24S-48.2)

This invention relates to a quick and easy method of mounting a box gutter on a gutter board, insuring a proper longitudinal inclination of the gutter so as to provide for proper iiow of water therealong.

It is the primary purpose of the invention to provide a simplified gutter mounting which will permit even the inexperienced person to mount the gutter securely and also to insure the proper drainage. Further there is involved in the invention the saving of costs and a minimum of time involvement in employing the construction.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention which become apparent to those versed in the art in the following description of one particular form of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein FIG. 1 is a view of a fragmentary length in top plan of the structure involving the invention;

FIG. 2 is a view in vertical section on the line 2 2 in FIG. l

FIG. 3 is a view in front elevation of a length of gutter board with mounting brackets applied thereto; and

FIG. 4 is a view in vertical section on the line 4 4 in FIG. 3.

A plurality of brackets are fixed in regular order of spacing along a cord 11. Each of these brackets 1li consists essentially of a flat plate 12 from which is struck a tongue 13 wrapping over the cord 11. The tongue 13 fixes the position of the bracket 10 along the cord 11 so that one bracket will not tend to slide toward the other, and therefore a fixed spacing apart of the brackets is had. The cord 11 is pulled tautly along the upper portion of the front side of the gutter board 14 with one end portion thereof lower than the other whereby the desired slope of the gutter to be installed is set up by the cord 11. In practice, the ends of the cord will be secured to the gutter board by any suitable means such as nails (not shown).

With the cord 11 stretched in this taut condition, at the desired slope, the individual brackets 10 are fixed to the gutter board 14 such as by one or more nails 15 being driven through the plate 12, herein shown as two nails for each plate, one spaced on each side of the tongue 13. The plate 12 extends upwardly beyond the tongue 13 as indicated in FIG. 3, and carries a forwardly and downturned hook portion 16. The hook 16 is herein shown as being of a narrower width than that of the plate 12, and is rotated to extend from the plate 12 centrally thereof.

The cord 11 may be left in position, or it may be removed as desired after the brackets 10 have been secured to the gutter board 14. In this manner, the brackets lil in succession are located along the board 14, each succeeding bracket being somewhat lower than the preceding bracket, assuming that the brackets are being viewed from the uppermost one in the sloping alignment.

The gutter generally designated by the numeral 17 may be of any of the well known cross-sectional types, known generally as a box gutter has a rear upturned side 18 and a front side 19. The front side has a short inturned, approximately horizontally disposed flange 2i) along its upper edge portion.

The rear portion 18 of the gutter 17 is slipped upwardly under each of the plates 12 from their undersides. This back side 13 is pushed up under the bracket 12 as far as it will go in view of the nails which pass ICC through the bracket. These nails 15 are aligned along and adjacent to the cord 11 so that the nails themselves are on a generally fixed line along the gutter board 14. This line is in parallelism with the cord 11.

A nail 21 is driven through the plate of the bracket 12, through the underlying portion of the back Wall 1S of the gutter 17 and to the gutter board 14, FIG. 2. While not necessarily so, the plate 12 will normally be provided with a locating hole 22, FIG. 3, for the location of this nail 21. Thus in succeeding order, the back wall 18 is under each of the lower end portions of the plate 12 and the nail 21 is driven through the plate and the gutter back wall 1S into the gutter board 14 so that the gutter is thus not only secured to the gutter board, but is also held in the sloping, desired alignment.

With the usual box type gutter construction as indicated in FIG. 2, it is normally desirable or necessary to support the upper edge portion of the front wall 19 to prevent an inwardly or outwardly bending, particularly when a ladder might be leaned thereagainst tending to push the wall 19 inwardly. In order to support the wall 19, there is provided a connecting link between the top end of the Wall 19 and the hook 16 of the bracket 10 in each instance.

The upper end portion of the plate 12 is bent from the original plane of the plate and outwardly over the nails 15, FIG. 2, into an approximately horizontal position. A connecting link 23 is formed to have a transverse slot 24 therethrough to receive the hook 16 from the upper side of the link 23. The link 23 then extends outwardly to an end portion which has a pair of tongues 24 and 25, one on each side of a finger 26. The tongues 24 and 25 are engaged under the iiange 2i) to abut the inside face 19a of the front wall 19, FIG. 2, and the iinger 26 is carried over the top side of the flange 2l) and turned downwardly over the outside of the wall 19. In this manner, the Wall 19 being normally vertically disposed is maintained in that position.

I-t is to be seen that the structure described has no straps extending back over the top of the gutter board 14 and under shingles as may extend over the gutter board in the usual practice (not shown) so that the gutter 17 may be applied and removed without in any way disturbing the rooting materials. Moreover, the straps normally heretofore employed rust under the lower ends of the shingles particularly or other roofing material, and become so thin as to break, allowing the gut-ter to sag downwardly and outwardly. No bolts or gutter nails of the type known to those versed in the art extend from the outer wall 19' under the gutter board. Thus it is to be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple construction which may be mounted on the gutter board by even Iinexperienced people in these days of do-ityourself. While I have herein shown and described my invention in the one particular form, it is obvious that structural changes may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations which may be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

l. The method of mounting a gutter to have a predetermined longitudinal slope having a back Wall along a gutter board, which method comprises securing a plurality of brackets along a cord and placing the cord tautly along the board in a line of slope intended for the gutter; nailing the brackets `so held by the cord to the board; inserting a top portion of the back gutter wall upwardly under the brackets; and nailing through the brackets and the inserted gutter Wall into the gutter board.

2. A mounting for a gutter along a gutter board, having front and back walls and a iiange along the top of said gutter front wall; comprising a plurality of spaced apart brackets fixed along said board; aligning means locating the positions of said brackets on the board both for `spacing apart and for alignment on a sloping line indicating gutter drainage slope; securing means fixing the upper portion of each bracket to said board; each bracket having a shoulder in a lower portion below said securing means, from which shoulder a bracket forwardly Offset length extends downwardly and spaced from the board receiving the gutter back wall upper edge portion between the board and the bracket offset portion, the insertion of the back wall being limited by said shoulder; means eX- tending through said bracket offset portion and the gutter wall therebehind into said board retaining the gutter in position and alignment with said sloping line; and strap means detachably interengaging the upper portion of said bracket and the llange and top of said gutter front wall.

3. The structure of claim 2 in which said aligning means consists of a cord; and said brackets each has means for xedly gripping the cord across said upper portion.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,105,390 Whedon July 28, 1914 1,855,241 -lrwin Apr. 26, 1932 2,712,915 Cohen July 12, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 23,888 Australia Aug. 10, 1936 

2. A MOUNTING FOR A GUTTER ALONG A GUTTER BOARD, HAVING FRONT AND BACK WALLS AND A FLANGE ALONG THE TOP OF SAID GUTTER FRONT WALL; COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART BRACKETS FIXED ALONG SAID BOARD; ALIGNING MEANS LOCATING THE POSITIONS OF SAID BRACKETS ON THE BOARD BOTH FOR SPACING APART AND FOR ALIGNMENT ON A SLOPING LINE INDICATING GUTTER DRAINAGE SLOPE; SECURING MEANS FIXING THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH BRACKET TO SAID BOARD; EACH BRACKET HAVING A SHOULDER IN A LOWER PORTION BELOW SAID SECURING MEANS, FROM WHICH SHOULDER A BRACKET FORWARDLY OFFSET LENGTH EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY AND SPACED FROM THE BOARD RECEIVING THE GUTTER BACK WALL UPPER EDGE PORTION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE BRACKET OFFSET PORTION, THE INSERTION OF THE BACK WALL BEING LIMITED BY SAID SHOULDER; MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BRACKET OFFSET PORTION AND THE GUTTER WALL THEREBEHIND INTO SAID BOARD RETAINING THE GUTTER IN POSITION AND ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SLOPING LINE; AND STRAP MEANS DETACHABLY INTERENGAGING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID BRACKET AND THE FLANGE AND TOP OF SAID GUTTER FRONT WALL. 